This past weekend, Rolling Loud, the rap festival that regularly sets up shop in cities around the world, came to New York for the first time, taking over Citi Field in Queens for two days. There were complications. Shortly before the festival began, the NYPD requested that the festival organizers drop five New York street-rap…

"Everything looks different, even music doesn’t sound the same. I feel like I’m losing my mind"Tricky has spoken out after the death of his daughter earlier this yearRapper Tricky has said that music doesn’t even sound the same” since the death of his daughter. The musician’s daughter Mazy Topley-Bird, herself a musician, died ...

The Ruler's back...Slick Rick aka MC Ricky DSlick Rick has been there, done that, and got the T-shirt – or in his case, the velour gown. Throw in a crown, an excessive amount of jewellery and his trademark eyepatch, which covers an eye injury that resulted in him being blinded as an infant, and you’ve got one of rap’s most instant...

Early Massive Attack member and trip-hop pioneer opens upTricky performing in 2016.Tricky has released a trailer for his forthcoming autobiography, Hell Is Round The Corner. The trip-hop pioneer and early Massive Attack member will release his book – named after a song from his landmark record, ‘Maxinquaye’, which NME named the best album ...

Still the best animated series on televisionMaury the Hormone Monster and Andrew in Big Mouth season threeThey say that ‘woke culture’ is killing comedy. Ricky Gervais says it. Jerry Seinfeld says it. Dave Chappelle says it too. Most recently, director Todd Phillips has said it. “Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture,” said ...